Folding umbrella.



PATENTED MAR. 14,1905

F. A. LUNDQUIST. FOLDING UMBRELLA. KBPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,871, dated March 14, 1905.

' Application filed September 25,1903. Serial No. 174,568.

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. LUNDQUIST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding umbrellas. It has for its object to provide an umbrella adapted to be folded into a com pact form comprising folding ribs and stretchers therefor adapted to be folded together and a handle comprising telescopic sections and a removable section.

It has for a further object to provide a device of the character described possessing advantages in point of simplicity, strength, inexpensiveness, convenience, and general utility.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalview of my folding umbrella in its raised position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,

.showing the parts in their closed position, the

covering being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the stick, showing the telescopic sections 2 and 3. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the connection for the removable section.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the stick, comprising telescopic sections 2, 3, and 4 and a removable section 5, the sections 2 and 4 arranged to be slid into the section 3 and the section 5 to be secured to the section 4. For the purpose of locking the telescopic sections in their extended position the section 3 is provided with a sleeve 6, secured in one end, having an inner peripheral recess '7 and a projection 8, and a sleeve 9, secured in its other end, having an inner peripheral recess and a projection 11. The section 2, which slides through the holes 12 in the sleeve 6 into the upper part of section 3, is provided with a sleeve 13, secured on its inner end, provided with a recess 14, arranged to be engaged by the projection 8 of the sleeve 6, and a projection 15, arranged to engage the recess 7 of the sleeve 6, and a spring-catch to engage the upper end of the section 3 and hold said sections extended and locked. The section 4, which slides through the hole 16 in the sleeve 9 into the lower end of the section 3, is provided with a sleeve 17, secured on its inner end, provided with a recess 18, arranged to be engaged by the projection 11 of the sleeve 9, and a projection 19, arranged to engage the recess 10 of the sleeve 9, and a springcatch 21 to engage the end of the section to hold said sections extended and locked. A pin 60 passing through the section 3, limits the inward movement of the-sections 2 and 4. For the purpose of securing the sections 4 and 5 together the lower end of the section 4 is provided with a peripherical recess 22 and a projection 23 and a sleeve 24, secured thereon and provided with exterior threads 25.

The upper end of the section 5 is provided with a peripheral recess 26, arranged to be engaged by the projection 23 on the section 4, and a projection 27, arranged to engage the recess 22 in the section 4, and a rotatable reciprocal nut or sleeve 28, having interior threads 29, which engage the threads 25 on the sleeve 24, said sleeve being confined in its reciprocal movement on the section 5 between a lug and a circular sleeve 31 thereon.

The usual notch is secured near the top of the section 3, and the usual runner 40 slides on said section and is provided with a spring-pressed catch 41, arranged to engage a circular collar 42 on the section 3. Each rib comprises a section 51, running from the outer edge of the cover to a point approximately half-way to the stick, and a section 52, pivoted to the inner end thereof at 53 and to the runner at 54. A stretcher 55 is provided for each rib comprising a section 56, having one end pivoted at 57 to the notch 40 and pivoted at to the section 52 of the rib, and a section 80, pivoted to the outer end of 56 and rib 51. For the purpose of pulling in the parts of the cover intermediate the stick and the ends of the ribs 50 as the umbrella is closed anchor-lines 58 connect such parts of the cover with the sections 52 of the ribs. The ribs and stretchers may be constructed of any number of folding members.

The operation is as follows: It being assumed that the umbrella is folded and packed and it is desired to raise it for use, the sections 2 and at are slid out until the springcatches thereon engage the ends of section 3 and lock them. The end of the section 5 or handle is inserted inside the sleeve 24 and the nut or sleeve 28 screwed onto the sleeve 24, securing said parts together, and finally the runner is slid up on the stick, unfolding the ribs and stetchers until the spring-catch 41 engages the collar 42 and locks the ribs and stretchers. To lower and pack the umbrella, the catch 6L1 is released from the engagement with the collar 42 and the runner pulled down, folding the ribs and stretchers. The section 5 is removed by turning the sleeve 28 off the sleeve 24, and finally the sections 2 and I are released by pushing in the catches thereon and then pushing them into section 3.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement as herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangement in the adaption of the device to various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variation and modification as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a foldable umbrella the combination with a stick of sectional pivoted foldable ribs, each inner section thereof having an angular portion sectional pivoted foldable stretchers, each inner section thereof having an angular portion the angular portions of the rib-secti0ns and stretcher-sections crossing each other and pivot-pins passing through said angular portions, substantially as described.

2. In a foldable umbrella, the combination with sectional foldable ribs and sectional foldable stretchers, of a stick comprising end sections provided with sleeves on their inner ends having peripheral recesses and projections and an intermediate section provided with sleeves in its ends having peripheral recesses and projections into which sleeves said end sections slide, the projections of the sleeves of the end sections adapted to engage the recesses in the sleeves of the intermediate section to lock said sections in extended position, substantially as described.

3. In a foldable umbrella, a stick comprising end sections provided with sleeves on their inner ends having peripheral recesses and projections, and an intermediate section provided with sleeves in its ends having peripheral recesses and projections into which sleeves said end sections slide, the projections of the sleeves of the end sections adapted to engage the recesses in the sleeves of the intermediate section to lock said sections in extended position, a runner, a notch, rib-sections pivoted together at their ends, the inner ends of the inner sections pivoted to the runner, and stretchers comprising sections pivoted together at their ends approximately opposite the pivots of the ends of the ribs, the inner sections pivotedapproximately centrally to the inner sections of the ribs and the inner ends pivoted to the notch and the outer sections pivoted approximately to the centers of the outer rib-sections, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of the subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK A. LUNDQUIST.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY O. ROBERTS, OHAs. J orINsoN. 

